Roxbury Schools outsource food service citing budget

8:20 AM,
Jul. 6, 2013

Employees of Roxbury's former food service program attend a Whitsons orientation meeting at the high school.

Written by

Michael Izzo
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Roxbury Public Schools will outsource their food service program in this coming school year, citing budgetary concerns as the key factor in the decision.

Roxbury said the school food service department has operated at a deficit since 2000, and ended the 2012 budget year with a $27,010 loss. For 2007 to 2009 the Board of Education contributed $215,000 to offset losses.

"The district was in a position that we needed to go this route, said Roxbury schools spokesperson Ameerah Palacios. "It would have affected our ability to receive state aid had we not done this." ...